I saw a special on PBS recently called “The Brain Fitness Program,” it’s been airing through December’s pledge drives. It talked a lot about how our brains change over time and how they specialize for particular functions during the formative years -- an amazing process. One example they gave was the spoon: holding a spoon, and using it to eat, seems fairly rudimentary, when really there are a number of muscles that have to memorize their positions and movements in order to pull it off. And of course, the scientific developments described in the special suggest that our brains retain this plasticity throughout life, so that in a way we can reverse the effects of trauma, and of what has become the “natural” aging process. PBS was offering a Posit Science brain fitness program as a pledge gift, too, suggesting that science has developed some programs for utilizing brain plasticity. Has anyone maybe used one of these programs (or even seen the special I’m talking about)?